Accidents - Sinks - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 429
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 1998:	43
Year 2000:	75
Year 2002:	84
Year 2004:	65
Year 2005:	21
Year 2006:	6
Year 2008:	34
Year 2009:	18
Year 2010:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 01/15/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
2 YO MALE STUCK HAND IN A SINK FULL OF HOT WATER. DX BURN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
PT ACCID PUT HER HANDS UNDER HOT WATER IN SINK TODAY. HAS BURNS TO BOTH PALMS. DX BILAT HAND BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sinks, Pipes
MOM WAS WASHING DISHES, IN HOT WATER, IN THE SINK, & PT GRABBED PIPE UN UNDER SINK, & BURNED HER HAND. DX; SUPERFICIAL PART. THICK. BURN -HAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT WAS SITTING NEXT TO SINK, FELL IN AND SUS INJURY TO HAND WHILE TRYIN G TO CATCH HIMSELF. DX LAC HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
PT WENT TO BATHROOM SINK TO WASH HANDS WHILE MOM NOT WATCHING. ONLY USE D HOT WATER AND BURNT BILAT HANDS. BLISTERING. DX SCALD BURN BILAT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
BURNS TO LT HAND, & LT THIGH, MOM WAS BATHING PT IN A SINK, AT HOME, & DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE HOT WATER WAS DRIPPING FROM FAUCET. DX: BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
PT IN KITCHEN SINK W/WATER RUNNING AT HOME, TOILET FLUSHED & WATER GOT VERY HOT BURNING PTS ARMS, HANDS & LEGS, BLISTERS TO HAND; BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
PT HAD A SINK BREAK AND FALL ONTO RIGHT HAND SUSTAINED A HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks, Mirrors or mirror glass
JUMPING OFF BATHROOM SINK & CUT HAND ON METAL PART OF MIRROR, LACERATIO N PALM/HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT DX LT HAND LACERATION - C/O THE SINK FELL ON HER HAND IN THE BATHROOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
CUT HAND ON GLASS IN SINK THIS AM. DX: LAC HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
LAC L HAND, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH THE SINK EDGE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMPROMISE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks, Ceilings and walls
SINK CAME OFF THE WALL WHEN PT WAS TRYING TO CLIMB IT, CUT TO RIGHT HAN D. D: LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT FELL ON A GLASS WHILE CARRYING IT TO THE KITCHEN SINK DX: HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks, Mirrors or mirror glass
PT LIFTING HIMSELF UP BY BOTH HANDS ON A PORCELAIN SINK TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR, THE SINK BROKE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2000	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/13/1998	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/1998	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Sinks, Electrical outlets or receptacles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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